Diocese of Zamora

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Apostolic Vicariate of Zamora en Ecuador, a missionary jurisdiction in the Amazonian Zamora-Chinchipe province erected in 1893 and immediately subject to the Holy See. The vicar apostolic is Bishop Jaime Oswaldo Castillo Villacrés.

Bishop
Jaime Oswaldo Castillo Villacrés
Latin name
Zamoren(sis) in Aequatoria
Erected
22 February 1991 (origins 1893)
Cathedral
Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen
Rank
Apostolic Vicariate
Rite
Latin
Catholics
113,000
Chancery
Misión Franciscana, Calle Sevilla de Oro 312 y 24 de Mayo, Zamora [Zamora-Chinchipe], Ecuador
Telephone
Tel. e fax [07]2605.130

Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.

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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001000469 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08

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